Emilie Marie Peitscher^[1]

1845 - 1896  (50 years)

• Name	Emilie Marie Peitscher
  Birth	5 Nov 1845	Campani, Westpreußen, Prussia   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Medical Notes	Death certificate lists cause of death as “general dropsy” (likely heart failure).  [3]
  Research Notes	Wendell Mohr lists surname as “Peitcher” and birthdate as February 1843. I have been unable to find a “Campani.” There was a Kampenau (Campenau), Marienburg, Westpreußen (now Kępniewo, Elbląg, Warmian-Masurian, Poland) 19°21’E, 54°01’N. This is about 110km from Laskowitz, where she gave birth to her first two children. Elaine Schoelzel has a birthdate of 11 May 1845 in her more recent information.  [4, 5]
  Burial	1896	Waldheim Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA   [1, 3]
  	Lot 53, block G
  Death	29 Aug 1896	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA   [1, 3, 6]
  	12:50 AM; 176 Potomac Ave
  Person ID	I86	Mohr-Whalen | Branches: Wisconsin Schoelzels, Blood relatives of B. Mohr
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	_____ Peitscher
  Family ID	F119	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ernst Wilhelm Schoelzel           b. 3 May 1837, Peilau, Reichenbach, Schlesien, Prussia           d. 19 Feb 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	8 Jan 1865  [1]
  Notes	Also had twins who died in infancy. [4]
  Children	+ 1. August Emil Berthold Schoelzel           b. 24 Aug 1865, Laskowitz, Westpreußen, Prussia           d. 6 Aug 1947, Colby, Clark County, Wisconsin, USA (Age 81 years) + 2. Rudolph Herman Albert Schoelzel           b. 9 Sep 1868, Laskowitz, Westpreußen, Prussia           d. 23 May 1934, Alhambra, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 65 years) + 3. Robert Reinhold Schoelzel           b. 25 Sep 1872, Grünberg, Posen, Prussia           d. 28 May 1957, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 84 years) + 4. Emma Emilie Schoelzel           b. 29 Oct 1874, Grünberg, Posen, Prussia           d. 1 Nov 1954, Monterey Park, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 80 years) + 5. Karl Wilhelm Schoelzel           b. 30 Jan 1877, Schneidemühl, Posen, Prussia           d. 5 Feb 1958, Denver, Colorado, USA (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F59	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 May 2005

  
  

• Event Map		Burial - 1896 - Waldheim Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Death - 29 Aug 1896 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Orphaned by age of two and raised by older brothers and sisters. Father was a school teacher in Germany. Emigrated to America in 1887. [1, 3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Elaine Schoelzel, Letter to Bradley Mohr. [S127] Illinois State Archives & Illinois State Genealogical Society, Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916. [S279] Report of Death of Emilie M. Schoelzel. [S9] Research notes of Wendell C. Mohr. [S991] Elaine Schoelzel, username eschoelzel, Schoelzel Family Tree. [S127] Illinois State Archives & Illinois State Genealogical Society, Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916, Certificate # 00018365.